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Select Add to create a new Dell PowerConnect W AP Group, or click the pencil icon next to an existing Dell
PowerConnect W AP Group to edit that group. The Add/Edit Dell PowerConnect W AP Group page contains
the following fields, describes in
Table 3
Values
Field
General Settings
Folder
Name
WLANs
Add a new WLAN
Show only selected/
Show All
WLANs
Referenced Profiles
802.11a Radio Profile
802.11g Radio Profile
RF Optimization
Profile
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Table
Dell PowerConnect W Configuration > Dell PowerConnect W AP Groups Details, Settings, and Default
Default Description
Top Displays the folder with which the AP Group is associated. The drop-down menu displays all
folders available for association with the AP Group.
Folders provide a way to organize the visibility of device parameters that is separate from
the configuration groups of devices. Using folders, you can view basic statistics about
device, and define which users have visibility to which device parameters.
Default Enter the name of the AP Group.
Select this link to create a new WLAN to support Dell PowerConnect W Configuration. Once
created, that new WLAN will appear with others on this page.
To set the WLANs that appear on this page, select (check) the desired WLANs, then click
Show Only Selected.
None Displays the WLANs currently present in Dell PowerConnect W Configuration with
selected checkboxes. You may select as few or as many WLANS as desired for which this AP Group
is active.
To configure additional WLANs that appear in this section, click Add a new WLAN or
navigate to the WLANs section in the navigation pane on the left.
5_am Defines AP radio settings for the 5 GHz frequency band, including the Adaptive Radio
Management (ARM) profile and the high-throughput (802.11n) radio profile.
Select the pencil icon next to this field to edit or create additional profile settings in the RF >
802.11a/g Radio page of Dell PowerConnect W Configuration.
2.4_am Defines AP radio settings for the 2.4 GHz frequency band, including the Adaptive Radio
Management (ARM) profile and the high-throughput (802.11n) radio profile. Each 802.11a
and 802.11b radio profile includes a reference to an Adaptive Radio Management (ARM)
profile.
If you would like the ARM feature to select dynamically the best channel and transmission
power for the radio, verify that the 802.11a/802.11g radio profile references an active and
enabled ARM profile. If you want to manually select a channel for each AP group, create
separate 802.11a and 802.11g profiles for each AP group and assign a different transmission
channel for each profile.
The drop-down menu displays these options:



Select the pencil icon next to this field to edit profile settings in the RF > 802.11a/g Radio
page.
default Enables or disables load balancing based on a user-defined number of clients or degree of
AP utilization on an AP. Use this profile to detect coverage holes, radio interference and STA
association failures and configure Received signal strength indication (RSSI) metrics.
Select the pencil icon next to this field to display the Profiles > RF section and edit these
settings as desired.
3.
default
nchannel too high
nchannel too low
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